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Chandler — Tyrini from Australia 
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Tasmanityrus simplicis n. sp. 
(Fig. 18) 
Length 1.95-2.16. Males with ventral margin of apical flagello- 
mere straight or only slightly curved; mesotrochanters with ventral 
spine near base, mesotibiae with long curved spur narrowly rounded 
at apex, spur almost half again as long as first mesotarsomere; 
aedeagus with apex symmetrical, probable right paramere short, 
strongly recurved to left. 
Measurements of holotype: Flagellomere VII 0.09 wide, 0.11 
long, VIII 0.10 wide, 0.10 long, IX 0.12 wide, 0.24 long; mesotro- 
chanteral spur 0.02 long, mesotibial spur 0.07 long, first mesotar- 
somere 0.05 long. 
Specimens examined, 9: Holotype male, Tasmania, Mt. Barrow 
Road, 890 m, 11-15/ 17-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, Nothofagus, 
etc., berlese forest leaf and log litter (ANIC). Paratypes: 1 male, 3 
females, eutopotypical (AFN, ANIC); 3 males, 1 female, track off 
Mt. Barrow Road, 780 m, 11-15/17-1980, A. Newton & M. Thayer, 
Nothofagus, etc., berlese forest leaf & log litter (AFN, DSC). Found 
in the northeastern portion of Tasmania. 
Discussion: Unique in the simple apical flagellomeres of the male, 
right paramere strongly recurved, and broad symmetrical apex of 
the aedeagus. 
Etymology: The name is derived from the simple apical flagello- 
meres. 
Tasmanityrus auricomus (Lea), n. comb. 
(Figs. 10, 19) 
Tyromorphus auricomus Lea 1911: 766, pi. 21, fig. 9. Holotype locality: Waratah, 
Tasmania. Holotype in South Australian Museum, Adelaide (SAMA). 
Length 1.83-2.01. Males with last flagellomere curved ventrally to 
point at apex, with oblique ventral impression, impression and flat- 
tened adjacent portions of flagellomeres VII- VIII roughened, flagel- 
lomere VIII obtusely protruding on ventral margin; mesotro- 
chanters toothed near base, mesotibiae with spatulate apical spur, 
spur half again as long as first mesotarsomere; aedeagus with sym- 
metrical apex, left paramere developed, short and laterally curved 
abruptly to acute point at apex. 
Measurements of specimen from Rufus Canal: Flagellomere VII 
0.09 wide, 0.12 long, VIII 0.10 wide, 0.12 long, IX 0.12 wide, 0.26 
